 The star is located approximately 384 light-years distant from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +12 km/s.It is a proper motion member of the Lower-Centaurus Crux sub-group in the
Scorpius-Centaurus OB association,
the nearest such association of co-moving massive stars to the Sun.λ Crucis is listed in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars as a possible β Cephei-type variable.